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Subject: Re: Found it!
Author: Anneza   (guest, 163.200.81.4)
Date: June 21, 2004 at 12:18:56 AM
Reply to: Found it! by PregnantWithTriplets
Bonnie is from (a long way from ...) the French bon/bonne, meaning good. The 'goodlooking' meaning followed logically.

However, Bonna has nothing to do with either of them. If you want to go back to the original Latin, which I doubt somehow, you will find bonus for the masculine form and bona - with one N - for the feminine. Bonna looks like some strange person's variation of Donna, and I hope it dies a swift and painless death.

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